Word: connors
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...issued a quartet of decisions that showed a distinct pro-First Amendment, pro-civil liberties streak that surprised many observers. What was clear was that Antonin Scalia and Thomas, the right wing of the court, were far from controlling the agenda. Instead, a group of Justices -- Sandra Day O'Connor, David Souter and Anthony Kennedy -- combined to demonstrate the existence of a new centrist core. "These cases may indicate the emergence of a stronger, more open-minded group in the middle" than might have been expected, said Vincent Blasi, a liberal law professor at Columbia. "It's easy to take...
...nine Justices agreed with Scalia's view that the ordinance ran afoul of the First Amendment. But four Justices -- O'Connor, Byron White, John Paul Stevens and Harry Blackmun -- took a different approach, attempting to find a way of accommodating so-called hate-crime laws that are drawn more narrowly. Left in doubt were hundreds of campus speech codes and bias-crime statutes throughout the country aimed at racist and sexist conduct...
...decision was closer than the vote would indicate. Justice Clarence Thomas, who reluctantly concurred with the majority, joined dissenter Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in fearing that the decision would have an adverse effect on black defendants who want to exclude white potential jurors to get minority representation on their juries. "I am certain that black criminal defendants will rue the day that this court ventured down this road," wrote Thomas...
Attorney General William Barr called the landmark decision "an important victory . . . against terrorists and narcotraffickers." But Justice John Paul Stevens, who was joined in his dissent by Harry Blackmun and Sandra Day O'Connor, warned that "most courts throughout the civilized world will be deeply disturbed by the 'monstrous' decision the court announces today...
Around Dublin, Robinson is at least as big a celebrity as any U2 band member or Sinead O'Connor. Like royalty, she cannot go to a convenience store without being recognized and fussed over. In fact, the Observer has called her "the thinking man's Princess Di." There are still five years to go in her term of office and, if she wants, she can run for another seven-year stint. If she has her way -- and she is very determined -- she will leave her country better off than she found...